Mere Christianity: The Great Sin
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard this in my life—you’ve probably heard it to: “All sins are equal! If you tell a lie, you’re just as bad as a murderer!” R...
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Mere Christianity 3:6–Christian Marriage
I am going to do one more post on Mere Christianity before I put it to the side for a week or two. The next chapter deals with Christian Marriage. In light of t...
Mere Christianity 3:5–Sexual Morality (Let’s Talk About Sex)
I haven’t written any posts for the past few days: this is why. The next chapter in Mere Christianity is “Sexual Morality.” For some reason, I just haven’t want...
Mere Christianity: Morality and Psychoanalysis
Here’s a question for you: if someone suffers a psychotic break and, in the midst of that, takes a knife and slits the throat of an innocent person, is that per...
Mere Christianity: Social Morality
In 3:3 of Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis addresses the topic of morality at the social level. It may come as a shock to modern Evangelical conservatives in Ameri...
Mere Christianity: The Cardinal Virtues
C.S. Lewis was a well-respected professor of medieval literature. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that when discussing the idea of Christian morality, Lewis hearke...
Mere Christianity: Three Parts of Morality
Over the past couple of weeks I have not written any posts on C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity. A friend of mine suggested I get back to it, and so since someon...
Finale! Saying Goodbye to Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens is a kick to read. At the beginning of this last post on his book, god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, I want to make one th...
The Bible is Immoral! Christopher Hitchens Had Declared It to be So!
Christopher Hitchens is convinced. There is no doubt in his mind: the Bible approves of the worst kinds of cruelty! According to Hitchens, “The Bible may, indee...
The B-I-B-L-E! That’s Not the Book For Christopher Hitchens!
It is now time to analyze Christopher Hitchens’ take on the Bible. It should come as no surprise to find that, although Hitchens’ main argument is “religion” (o...